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Methadone maintenance is a form of treatment for clients in Atglen who are addicted to heroin or prescription opioid medications. This method of treatment has been in existence for a very long time, and the general idea is that clients are no longer engaged in the drug seeking activities that was caused by their addiction since the methadone they are taking satiates cravings and prevents withdrawal. Similar to heroin, methadone is a full opioid agonist and stimulates the same neurons in the brain as heroin. This is what makes methadone so powerful as a replacement for heroin and prescription pain killers.
Individuals involved in methadone maintenance therapy must dose daily to avoid withdrawal from the methadone itself. This might be logistically and financially difficult, but some people find it a better alternative to a heroin addiction. However, those beginning methadone maintenance should be aware of the fact that methadone detoxification is considered far more difficult than even heroin detox and withdrawal. Once on a certain dosage of methadone, there are many detox centers that won't even take methadone maintenance clients because detoxification can be very difficult and rates of relapse are considerably high.
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